Phonograph record ejecting holder



"Patented July 4, 1944 2,352,710 4 PHONOGRAPH RECORD G HOLDER Joseph J. Hart, New York, N. Y., assignor to Joseph J. Hart and Mathilde Gollonder, New York, N. Y., a copartnership doing business as Albumatic Company Application March 17, 1943, Serial No. 47 9,399

3 Claims. The object of the present invention is to provide a holder for enclosing phonograph records in parallel relationship, the holder incorporating means for selectively ejecting a record and having certain features of construction enabling the holder to..be readily mounted'in a suitable enclosing cabinet or to be used independently of the cabinet.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the invention mounted in a cabinet.

. Figure 2 is an end elevation, partly in section, the section being taken on the line 22, Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a front elevation, certain parts being broken away.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view in perspective In the form of the invention illustrated in Figuresi and- 6, the front member of lower bars 3 have secured thereto a board or plate 5 having spaced vertical apertures at a,'Figure' 5, to permit passage of the records, and the primary separation member consists of a bent and apertured sheet 6, the'apertures registering with those of of the record holder at one end thereof, certain parts being omitted. v I

Figure 5 is an isometric view taken rearwardly -of a special form of separating means for the records to be contained in the holder.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 2, showing the relation of the separation means of Figure 5 to the elements of a holder and enclosing cabinet. a

Figure 7-is an isometric view in plan showing the principle of the centering means applied to the ejection lever and a cam bar associated therewith.

Referring to the drawings, in Figure 1 I have shown a conventional type of cabinet which in practice will generally be provided with doors at the front for the'exclusion of dust and for better appearance, these doors having been omit-- ted for clarity of illustration. The inner area means.

The record holder consists of two endplates 2 of wood or any other suitable material and four spaced frame bars 3, each of the latter having a member 5, the sheet being bent in V-shaped formation and having vertical flanges a: atits rear so that the lower flange may be secured to the rear lower bar of the bars 3, whereas the upper flange 61: maybe secured to the rear member of one of the bars 3 as shown in Figure 6. At its front the webs of the V-shaped separation memberv 6 will be secured to the vertical webs of member 5, which webs lie intermediate the apertures a. The manner in which the said ,modifled record separator will act to laterally support the records is best shown in Figure 6.

The end plate 2 vwill be apertured to receive the ends of a rod 1 upon which the edges of the records will rest in each of two positions, as later to be explained. One of the plate apertures is indicated at 8, Figure 4. The plates 2 also will be apertured as indicated at 9 to receive a pivot shaft l0 upon which a record ejector H is slidingly mounted.

ceiving apertures of the holder and the strip preferably bears a pointed imprinted designation associated with each numeral and adapted for coacticn. with an arrow imprinted upon the top of the thumbpiece Ila: so that when the record the strip imprint will visually indicate proper tenon at its ends, the tenon serving to enable tight fit into the tenon apertures formed in the plates 2.

In the form illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, the bars 3 are transversely channeled to receive separation plates 4, each two plates being adapted to receive a phonograph record between them and to support the record laterally,

- bars 3 is at its rear provided with a number of v-shaped cam faces I: corresponding with the number of record receiving spaces in the holder and each cam face being immediately underan appropriate one of the record receiving aperspacing means comprising members and 6 may be made of sheet metal or strong fibre board, or plastic. Also the division walls 4 may employ metal, cardboard, wood or plywood. The holder is adapted to be fitted within .any suitable cabinet provided with doors or not, as desired, by the manufacturer or user, and the holder is fully operative without the. use of an enclosing cabinet.

The phonograph records, which are indicated at R, will lie at rest within the holder as shown in their full line position in Figures 1, 2 and 5. In such position each record is supported at .its rear well beyond'its axis-by the rear lowermost frame bar 3 and forwardly of its axis by rod I. The curvature of the rod 1 provides line contact between it and the record so that the rec- 0rd will easily roll over the rod during bothinsertion and ejection movements. The relation of rod I to the lower front frame member 3 is such that, when ejector II is thrown into action. the record will be rolled over rod 1 to the point where its forward portion will be projected forwardly of the front of the holder, the record then resting on said lower front frame member 3 and rod 1 as indicated by the dotted lines R, Figure 2. Thus the records may selectively be projected for easy grasp by the fingers and ready removal from the holder.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

i. A record holder comprising spaced end members and connections therefor, including two spaced upper bars and two spaced lower bars, division members extending transversely of the lower bars and supported thereby, a rod carried by the end members and held under said lower bars, a shaft carried by the end members below and adjacent one of said lower bars, an

ejector lever slidably mounted on said shaft and having an exposed fingerpiece, the last-named lower bar having V-like cam face areas and the ejector lever having an upwardly extended projection adapted to engage said cam faces in an ejecting movement of the lever.

2'. A record holder comprising spaced and members and connections therefor, including two spaced upper bars and two spaced lower bars, division members extending transversely of the lower bars and supported thereby, a rod carried by the end members and held under said lower bars, a shaft carried by the end members below and adjacent one of said lower bars, and anejector lever slidably mounted on said shaft and having an exposed fingerpiece, the division member comprising a bent plate having spaced slots, the plate being bent into V-shape formation with aligned angularly extending flanges at its ends, one of saidflanges being carried by the rearmost one of the two spaced upper bars and the second flange being carried by the rearmost one of the two spaced lower bars.

3. A record holder comprising spaced end members and connections therefor, including spaced lower bars adapted as record supports, a division member mounted between the end members, a rod carried by the endmembers, and an ejector lever slidably mounted on said rod and having an exposed finger-piece, the division member comprising a front plate having a plurality of slots and a rearward slotted plate construction disposed above said rod and having upper and lower inclined sections in register with the front plate and its slots being aligned with those of the front plate.

'JOSEPH J. HART. 

